Scientists look for answers to earth's beginning under the moonscape

REUTERS: As countries and companies rush to build infrastructure on the moon, some researchers are planning to dig under its rocky soil to unlock mysteries about Earth that have eluded scientists since astronauts first stepped foot on its surface a half century ago.

Bottke says fragments of ancient Earth or meteorites that bombarded the lunar surface from other planetary bodies can serve as time capsules of information on how our planet, as well as others in the solar neighborhood, were formed. "It is the lava tubes that are likely to hold the only pristine materials on the moon," said William Whittaker, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon. It was too early to say what secrets the materials might divulge as to the moon's origins, he added.

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